Monday, August 30, 2010

A few of my favorite scenes from some of my favorite movies (continuation of Why RTF?)

Pretty in Pink -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNGIg8f-0Wc

The Godfather- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn8yjFjuLJ4

When Harry Met Sally...- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6CtAauWe1U

Moonstruck-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhifn6Q6DQo

Almost Famous-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qn3tel9FWU

Titanic-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDPeL8lpzo

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Why RTF?

I'm not taking RTF 305 to become the next Spielberg.  To be honest, I'm still not entirely sure what I want to do when I get older.  Upon turning 17 and entering my junior year of high school, it seemed that the question on everyone's mind was "what are you going to do for the rest of your life".  Parents, teachers, friends, and college applications wanted my answer.  I was faced with the daunting task of creating some kind of algorithm that would take my interests plus my strengths minus unstable careers while factoring in which schools were good for what in the hopes that I would end up with a mathematically proven answer for my future.  My interests.  Well that's easy.  My passion in life is classic rock as easily ascertained from the music constantly blaring from my speakers, the faces and bands that grace the t-shirts that constitute my wardrobe, and the expansive poster collection smattered on the walls and ceiling of my bedroom.  Some of my first and favorite memories include things such as head-banging to Bohemian Rhapsody or singing to Hey Jude in the car with my family.  But I can't major in classic rock.  More interests.  Movies.  Even from the early days of Disney movies and imitating Macaulay Culken in Home Alone, I've always loved how movies can draw you into a story, a character, a scene, and even give you a brand new perspective.  Same goes for television, where millions upon millions of devoted viewers can tune in to their favorite shows.  It was at this point in my train of thought where the idea of going to film school was not looking too shabby.  When I found out there was a program that specialized in Radio, Television, and Film here at Texas, it sound perfect.  It enough for me to leave Alpharetta, Georgia, the plushy thought of already knowing tons of people at The University of Georgia, and in-state tuition for the opportunity to see what this program has to offer.  So this brings me to what I'm hoping to learn here.  I just want to learn about the different aspects of media and find something that I could see myself doing and loving as a career.